Sun Tzu ~ The Art Of War Quotes

• If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle

• Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win

• Invincibility lies in the defense the possibility of victory in the attack

• Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack

• To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

• All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

• What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease

• If quick, I survive. If not quick, I am lost. This is "death

• Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat

• He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious

• In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns

• Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

• Appear weak when you are strong and strong when you are weak

• You have to believe in yourself

• There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.
• There are not more than five primary colors, yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.
• There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations of them yield more flavors than can ever be tasted

• The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom

• The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be derived, in the first instance, from the converted spy. Hence it is essential that the converted spy be treated with the utmost liberality

• There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed